Emerging Technologies
Stock Order Worth $617 Billion Cancelled in Japan's OTC Market
Shares in 42 companies adding up to $617 billion were canceled in Japan's over-the-counter market thanks to a trading error, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Goldman-Led Consortium Unveils Symphony Communication Services
In what's seen as an effort to compete with the likes of Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and Markit, Goldman Sachs and 13 other industry partners have invested in a new company called Symphony Communication Services Holdings, after it acquired Perzo Inc.,…
Top Banks, Hedge Funds Buy Perzo Messaging Platform for $66M
A consortium of 14 major financial firms has acquired Palo Alto, Calif.-based messaging platform provider Perzo and renamed it Symphony with a $66 million investment to provide an open-source, secure and compliant messaging platform for financial…
Finra Proposes Rule to Protect Investors, Analyze Brokerages
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) has begun soliciting comments for a proposed rule that would require brokerages to periodically report information on their securities accounts and the securities accounts for which they clear.
Bent Takes Over SS&C GlobeOp's Fund Administration Operations in Asia
SS&C Technologies Holdings announced Stewart Bent will lead SS&C GlobeOp's fund administration business in Asia as its managing director in the region.
Rimes Adds Thomson Reuters Indexes to BDS
Economic and benchmark data provider Rimes Technologies has added support for Thomson Reuters' equity and fixed income indexes to its Rimes Benchmark Data Service to meet demand for diverse index data from buy-side clients.
DTCC and Euroclear to Create Collateral-Processing Joint Venture
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. (DTCC) and Euroclear have established a joint venture that will offer market participants access to the Margin Transit Utility (MTU) and Collateral Management Utility (CMU) services, in line with new collateral…
S&P Cap IQ, Kuberre Launch Event Fusion Real-Time Alerting
S&P Capital IQ, the data arm of McGraw Hill Financial, and Andover, Mass.-based financial technology provider Kuberre Systems will launch a new cloud-based platform, dubbed Event Fusion, today, Sept. 30, which provides real-time alerts on news and…
Soc Gen Unveils Buy-Side Outsourcing Service
Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS), a subsidiary of Paris-based multinational banking and financial services firm Société Générale, has launched an integrated wealth and investment management outsourcing service for the UK. Aimed at mid-tier…
Colt Launches Global FX Liquidity Service
Colt, the London-based telecoms giant, has unveiled its FX Liquidity Access service, connecting market participants to the London, New York and Tokyo FX markets. The service, which includes low-latency connectivity and proximity hosting, is designed to…
Shellshock Jolts Industry, Could be Worse than Heartbleed
A newly discovered vulnerability for Linux, Mac OS X and Unix-based systems highlights the challenges firms face when defending against hackers and data loss.
Ex-Harco Execs Reunite at Datactics
Datactics, a Belfast, Northern Ireland-based provider of data quality software, has appointed former NYSE Technologies managing director Steve Cowler chief technology officer, replacing Sarah Bearder, who has served as CTO since 1999 and will remain as…
Shellshock Jolts Industry, Could be Worse than Heartbleed
A newly discovered vulnerability for Linux, Mac OS X and Unix-based systems highlights the challenges firms face when defending against hackers and data loss.
CenturyLink Opens First Mainland China Datacenter
Datacenter, internet and hosting provider CenturyLink has opened a datacenter in Shanghai to provide locally hosted infrastructure for multinational firms doing business in China, and to support "data sovereignty," officials say.
S&P Boss Eccleston Resurfaces as TMX CEO
Canadian exchange group TMX has appointed former S&P and Bloomberg exec Lou Eccleston as chief executive, effective Nov. 3, replacing Thomas Kloet, who announced his retirement earlier this year.
Sibos 2014 Keynote: Tech, Services Merge While New Barriers and Competitors Rise
This year's Sibos event, hosted in Boston, kicked off with Chris Perretta and Peter Cowhey articulating the case for a change in mindset.
Sibos 2014 Keynote: Tech, Services Merge While New Barriers and Competitors Rise
This year's Sibos event, hosted in Boston, kicked off with Chris Perretta and Peter Cowhey articulating the case for a change in mindset.
Estimize Taps Former S&P Research Director for PR, Research
New York-based crowd-sourced earnings estimates provider Estimize has appointed Christine Short──former director of earnings research at S&P Capital IQ──vice president of media and public relations, with additional responsibility for content generation,…
CME, CFFEX Sign Data Distribution Deal
CME Group has signed an agreement to license and distribute market data from the Shanghai-based China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX), as part of the Chinese exchange's global development activities to grow its business in international markets.
Nasdaq Index Head Jacobs Announces Retirement
John Jacobs, executive vice president of global information services at Nasdaq OMX and head of the exchange's index business, has announced he will retire from his current role effective Jan. 2, 2015.
Vista Equity Partners acquires Tibco for $24 per share
Tibco Software, an infrastructure and business intelligence software company, announced its board of directors has agreed to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm, for $4.3 billion.
McObject Taps C3S as Southeast Asia Distributor
Issaquah, Wash.-based in-memory database provider McObject has signed a deal for Singapore-based financial technology provider C3S to act as a local distributor for McObject's eXtremeDB Financial Edition database system and related product family in…
Vista Equity Partners to Buy Tibco for $4.3Bn
Austin, Texas-based private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has struck a deal to acquire data technology provider Tibco Software for $4.3 billion ($24 per share) in cash, following "a review of strategic and financial alternatives" by a special…
Fitch Hires Ex-Thomson Reuters' Mattinson to Grow Biz
Fitch Solutions, the data vendor arm of ratings agency Fitch, has hired Ian Mattinson as head of product delivery and execution, responsible for accelerating the growth of the vendor's business and delivering new products to market.